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A Flemish harpsichord

Thought this picture was striking; it's a picture of a Flemish harpsichord with detailed decorations, and the blue background adds to it nicely. It's used in both harpsichord and the History of music articles, and was taken by fr:Utilisateur:Ratigan (uploaded by Gérard to en). A lower resolution version (that's the one actually linked to in articles) with description can be found at Image:Flemish harpsichord small.png.

  • Nominate and support. - Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 00:23, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Several comments. Firstly, I don't see any need for a separate smaller version to go in articles, as the image can be shunk down to any size in the articles. Secondly, I think jpeg is the prefered file format for photos, not png. Thirdly, this is a very nice picture of a beautiful instrument. I don't remember any musical instruments being featured pictures before.

Raven4x4x 00:43, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

( + ) Support. Halibutt 23:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I could ask Gérard to upload a larger image if you want. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 15:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted but this was very close. A larger version would probably pass. Raven4x4x 04:39, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


The instrument shows a mixture of 16th-17th c. Flemish features (the paper decorations) and 17th-18th c. French ones (the keyboard with black rather than white naturals). Something typically Flemish would be preferable. this is cool